76/100
#476 nationally
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 · (845) 454-8500
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Vassar Brothers Medical Center billed $2.96 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 180
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NY
- #49
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
905 | $56,347 | $21,656 | -14% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
643 | $16,603 | $2,937 | -15% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
392 | $9,222 | $2,505 | -22% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
335 | $38,534 | $14,468 | -11% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
277 | $17,838 | $3,569 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
245 | $7,287 | $1,755 | -28% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
224 | $54,133 | $11,941 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
175 | $11,933 | $3,437 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
170 | $104,780 | $25,622 | -21% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
158 | $33,459 | $11,648 | -15% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Major
MS-DRG 542 · Inpatient stay |
$88,509 | $22,400 | +29% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,150 | $21,467 | +24% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$59,581 | $19,256 | +19% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$37,223 | $9,528 | +19% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$169,207 | $36,284 | +14% |
|
Level 2 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5212 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,259 | $8,002 | +13% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay |
$38,853 | $9,439 | +11% |
|
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures
MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay |
$150,343 | $40,889 | +11% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,696 | $2,243 | -64% |
|
Tendonitis, Myositis and Bursitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 557 · Inpatient stay |
$46,683 | $17,220 | -54% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,575 | $3,866 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,224 | $1,742 | -51% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,109 | $7,396 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,813 | $11,239 | -48% |
|
Precerebral Occlusion without Infarction without Major Complications
MS-DRG 068 · Inpatient stay |
$28,606 | $9,674 | -48% |
|
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization
MS-DRG 220 · Inpatient stay |
$121,620 | $69,608 | -48% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.